Anyone watch that show "Brain Games"? I do not usually but I saw a section of an episode the other day.In it they where explaining how your brain functions to focus on the primary task.
In other words lets say that you normally when you get home you set your keys in certain location.After you do this a few times it becomes automatic more or less.
The problem arises when another activity occurs say talking to your wife or you dog or something.When you are doing that activity your brain is focused on it and not the other task.As a result you wind up forgetting what you did with your keys maybe you keep them in your hand and set them in another place like you pocket while you are paying attention to your dog.Then when you go for your keys they are not on the table where you usually set them because you put them in your pocket but did not realize it.
Myself anyway when I forget something it is usually a case of my usual routine getting interrupted.
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